1. Ways To Make Your Classroom More Interactive
Beyond the Overhead
Ways To Make Your Classroom More Interactive
Gregg Miles

2. Who am I? Currently Former
Instructional Technology Specialist for Effingham County (3 years)
Former
High School Media Specialist (4 years)
Middle Grades teacher (8 Years)
Elementary School Teacher (1 year- whew!)
Adjunct professor (GSU – 4 semesters)

3. “The Overhead” Idea conceived in early 1900s
Reached it’s height of popularity in the 80s
Use declining but still can be found in many classrooms.

4. I have an LCD projector in my room.
True or False?

5. I have either an Interactive Board or Interactive Pad in my room.
True or False?

6. I have the following brand system in my room.
Promethean
InterWrite
Smart
Other

7. Proverb Give a man a fish, he eats for a day.
Teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime.
Any TapFish fanatics in the room?

8. Use Available Resources

9. A few ideas…

10. Find good “fishing buddies”
Teacher Challenge
The Whiteboard Blog
Free Technology for Teachers
Larry Ferlazzo’s Website
Suggestions?

11. “ I don’t have time to read 5 blogs or more a day!”

12. RSS Feeds
Google Reader
Tracking Blogs

13. Now for the fun stuff… “Give me a fish”

14. Take Them Places

15. Google Art Project

16. The Secret Annex Online

17. Google Street View

18. Take Them Places… Google Outreach Showcase Stellarium
Google Earth for Beginners
Ookaboo

19. Let Them Create

20. Let Them Create Wordle Uses? Guess the story Free ebooks
Analyze famous speeches

21. Obama State of The Union 2011
Lincoln State of the Union 1862

22. Guess the Title!

23. More Ways to Use Wordle Analyze student writing
Turn Essays into posters
51 ways to use Wordle

24. Let Them Create Wordlings Bomomo This is sand Jackson Pollock Crayola
Corkboard.me
Wallwisher
Letter Generator
Museum Box

25. Let Them Play

26. Spin and Spell http://www.spinandspell.com/

27. Physics Games http://www.physicsgames.net/

28. Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/

29. Let Them Play Cyberkidz games E-bug Bitesize Bingo The Lost Army
Everest the Experience
toporaopa

30. Watch Learn Participate

31. Solar System Scope http://www.solarsystemscope.com/

32. Periodic Table http://www.ptable.com/

33. Time Zone http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630

34. Watch Learn Participate
Heart Interactive
Heart and Lung Interactive
National Geographic Mapmaker Interactive
Whyfiles – Build your own Tornado
Interactive voyages
Civil War Casualties
Civil War Timeline
Japan earthquake interactive

35. Where are we going?
Interactive textbook

36. Other Places to Explore
Elementary and Middle Interactive Resources
Interesting ways series
Put in salary and dependents and it gives you a break down of where your money went
Simulates filling out a W-4

37. Other places to Explore
Charts and maps that illustrate various types global data
Lots of interactive games and activities
Interactive games and activities divided by grade level and subject
Create, share, view tours

38. Other places to Explore
Interactive maps with audio
Great interactive maps from Glenco online
Interactive to improve your vocabulary
Interactive maps relating to the Civil War
Film with lesson plans
Joplin tornadoes

39. Other places to Explore
Short films with lesson plans
Library of Congress National Jukebox
Need a random number?
Instrument lab games and activities

40. Thank You!